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For the 2023 list please see here:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/808550.page

Well a new year has dawned, or at least lurched uninvited into our lives. A year of promise, Leap Year, Summer Olympics, US elections... well no one said it would be a good promise.

And this Golden Age of miniatures continues. On the GW front Warhammer Fantasy Battle is back with many classic kits, even my bitter old heart is tempted to buy some. The Adeptus Arbites have a plastic set , Enforcers have FOUR and the Imperial Guard got a big range refresh, AND will soon get a Horus Heresy line.

Beyond that, Reaper and Wiz Kids continue to produce fine fantasy kits. The Oathmark/Frost/Star Grave line grows, producing quality modular kits. Stargrave even did some scavengers. I'd have liked some more cutting tools and scavenging stuff, but it's a good solid kit.

And beyond that there is the infinite world of 3D printing. Quite a few things on my 2023 list are already out as STLs.

But who would we be if we did not want... MORE!

So... let's have at it. What's your 2024 plastic model wish list?

More civilians - Maelstrom's Edge and Stargrave make good bodies that work for sci-fi civilians but we need more non-combat arms and poses. Carrying boxes, using tools, playing cards, you get the idea.

Panicked civilians - I've mentioned it before, I'll mention it again, people running, screaming, panicking, falling on their knees crying out to the heavens. Basically what we would all be doing if aliens/mutants/C'thulhu started heading down main street. Throw in some extra bits and you can have rioting civilians which might be more marketable.

Fleet Officers in Uniform - Basically guys in some sort of formal military uniform like the Imperial Fleet in Star Wars, the movie era Starfleet red uniforms or some of the more retro IG regiments. Well dressed men with high tech weapons and force field badges who don't need to lug gear around. "This is a Type IX TV Remote maximum power, wide angle beam, half the building will be disintegrated!"

Space Zombies/Mutants - This would make the most sense for Frostgrave/Stargrave. The scavenger sprue had some zombie parts but I want the whole deal, torsos with holes through them, half rotted heads, clawing hands. Throw in some mutant bits too for genetic experiments. The upcoming Damned from WGA have a bit of that, but MORE!

True aliens - Look I'm not a big fan of rubber forehead aliens. I get the idea, but they're never that interesting. True aliens, whether flying brain squids, or 4-armed insectoids or whatever, that would be cool.


What's on your list?

Plastic Persian Chariot!

Plastic Auxilia are happening, that's already a massive win and for me personally, the newer Stargrave sets are scratching the generic crew / merc itch I've been having so far.

Would love to see more variety in Guard, which I'm sure Kill team will deliver on, hopefully some other exotic teams as well, like Exodites and Mechanicus explorators.

15mm HH Space Marines. I've printed some, but there are options missing.

Mantic makes plastic Space Zombies and plastic Space Mutants.

I'll second the wish for civilians, of all periods.

Also someone get me some modular robots already.

A nicely varied modular robot kit would be good,

Conquest fish gnomes

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Conquest fish gnomes

Ah yes, the holy grail.

I'm still hoping for a sprue of Woodland creatures.
Wolves, bears, boars, etc.
Part of or similar to Mantic's Dungeon Adventures line.

Plastic faun and centaurs would be nice.

I would also like modular robots.

RDG gaming have centaurs (if you're not already aware of them) and Fauns as well as Satyrs which may be the equivalent of fauns (depending on how you think each look)

https://rgdgaming.com/en-gb

Werewolves (hopefully WGA will hurry up).
Woodland animals (was counting for Archon Studio but it turned as hopeless).
Medieval civilians in all varieties.
Various animal swarms.
Medieval looking skeletons (hoping for the Mantic and their upgrade to the Undead faction).
Ghouls (again Mantic).

So this was my last year's post:

Multipart Klingons of the TNG/DS9 era, with Bat'leths or Mek'leths + Disruptor pistol or Disruptor gun for every squad member. Also Knives, grenades, a sniper rifle (see ST VI), additional CC weapons, Captain, mix of males and females.

What we got was this:

I feel betrayed.

 Easy E wrote:
Plastic Persian Chariot!

I will vote for that just because I think your perseverance and devotion to the cause is worth support.

But I want alternate post-apoc crew options with AK 47s,

Lots More Plastic Legions Imperialis.

For Horus Heresy, I’d love a plastic Mastodon or similar, a really chunky centre piece.

For Horus Heresy :
plastic MkII
plastic MkV

For 40K :
plastic multipart Terminator Librarian kit (with a helmet, GW)
plastic Catachan Jungle Warriors (looking at you, Ripper Jackson)

For BT :
Inner Sphere Omnis (Black Hawk-KU, Sunder)
more Dark Age Mechs* (Jupiter, Legionnaire)
ProtoMechs (low probability, but whatever..)

*Hey, they just made the Tundra Wolf look good..

Plastic 28mm Thunderhawk Gunship. This is the year.

I’ve said that every year for 20 years running but this IS the year.

Also fairies - tiny little plastic fairies. My fantasy armies won’t be complete until I can run a couple of hordes of them.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
RDG gaming have centaurs (if you're not already aware of them) and Fauns as well as Satyrs which may be the equivalent of fauns (depending on how you think each look)

https://rgdgaming.com/en-gb

Very good, thank you kindly.

It going to sound like a broken record but Fire Raptor / Storm Eagle, Thunderbolt, Thunderhawk, Marauder, etc

Also I think with the new Malcador kit being released I would like a Infernus / Valdor kit to follow.

And I second the request for a Mastadon.

Bring back Island of Blood.

Plastic hexes for my Gloomhaven, HeroScape, and other games.

Also, I suppose I could just paint my existing HeroScape hexes...!

Tyranid Warriors, Carnifex, Raveners, Hierodules, Hierophant, Harridan, Dominatrix, Malefactor, Dactylis, Gargoyles, Shrikes, Sky-slashers.
Mark IV, size updated, power armor.

I really want plastic kits for the new Dropzone/Dropfleet faction.

For 28mm, I’d love some affordable not-Eldar or more organically-armored aliens that could work as not-Slayers, not-wraith, or not-Guyvers. I don’t need or want more not-IG.

54mm scale Inquisitor models as buy/order online after initial release as collectors/modelers/painters range.
I'm going through my old collection and adding in 3rd party models and absolutely loving it.
Plastics would allow for easier conversion and easier to do conversion sprue/add on.

For MCP: Gorgon (Inhumans), Karnak (Inhumans)

For 40k: Thundrrhawk
Also practically anything that's either FW (past or present) or had a Fine Cast version.

For Legion Imperialis: everything that's supposed to be available + everything they claim is coming....
Including Aeronautica & Titan stuff.

For Heroclix (even though I no longer play that game): whichever figures are still missing needed to complete various incarnations of the 7 Soldiers of Victory team (in thier 7 Soldier correct costumes).

Plastic Scifi Scavengers, in poses that imitate the Genestealers from the new 3rd Ed Space Hulk. I'm talking crouching legs, prone bodies, guys hugging walls, reaching around cover and apply cover.

It'd be a neat challenge.

Legion Javelin and Rapier in plastic, please.

Half the WH40k Ork range is badly in need of updating, but that won't happen any time soon.

Medieval looking houses and ruins.
Trees and bushes in many possible varieties.
New kit for Mantic basic orcs.

Plastic ratlings.

Drones: One thing the ongoing Ukraine and Gaza/Iran wars have shown is that the age of drone warfare is no longer imminent, it is upon us. I'd love a sprue of small copter drones with a large winged UAV drone as well. Small drone for targeting or suicide attacks, then the big momma with missiles. Maybe throw in a ground drone with a gun. Maelstrom's Edge has some nice plastic drones but I see room for more in the miniatures world.

Survivors/Refugees: The Stargrave Scavengers are close, but this would be civilians in ragged clothing with either miss matched weapons or bags and packs and small children. Just the thing to dress up your battlefield with the horrors of war.

Working Civilians: Construction workers, miners, repair crews with shovels, power saws, welding torches etc. Medge Broken come close for Sci Fi.

Guards: The guys who suck. Caps, flashlights, pistols, clubs, reading newspapers, smoking cigarettes, looking at their phones, snoozing. They'll all die in wave one.

Heroes pack, including various adventures commonly used in solo/co-op games with some RPG elements = knight/paladin, archer/crossbowman, wizard, ranger, assassin etc. etc.

Khorne Lord on Juggernaut
Exalted Deathbringer with ruinous axe
Aspiring Deathbringer

Trying to start a Khorne Warcry warband but GW online is always out of stock. They're making it very difficult for me to give them all my money